Michael.

You bet haha. A switch on the dash controls them to stay open fully, or stay closed below 4100rpm. Good fun.

Cheers! Yeah I've had a few strange looks that's for sure, people looking for what sounds to be some wild American machine, only to see a wee BMW (with a Japanese V8 haha) I'll update an engine bay photo to the OP.

Haha, this looks familiar. An immaculate example, will you drive it or just leave it in the garage??

What the heck is that... *vomit*

Thanks for the comments guys! Cheers Julian, you'll find after going for a 5km+ drive the exhaust sounds it's best then once it's warmed up, revving it in the carpark at idle doesn't do it justice, but it still sounds pretty wild.. it has that stainless steel crackle which goes away considerably once at normal operating temperature giving a nice deep rumble instead. Cheers. Haha, too complicated I think, the way these autos work it's not really necessary it seems. It's a Powertrain Control Solutions TCM-2000 unit, so can work with basically anything, 5 speed ZF gearboxes if you wanted! It just means custom wiring the sensors and solenoids to the colour coded universal harness and then using a windows laptop to program the shift points in auto mode, rpm settings, sensor settings etc and also dialing in the line pressure / accumulator pressure per gear to gear shift. You can screw the box up if you do something wrong, I was lucky for the most part but a lot it was trial and error for the first few weeks of trying to set it up right. So far so good now though. The best thing about the controller is it can multitask, I also have it regulating the exhaust valve flaps at the back so they open if closed at 4100rpm (also a switch to leave them open fully) and set to control the hydraulic cooling fan solenoid so it can speed up or slow the fan when the engine temperature changes.

1.02.14 - Update - Rear subframe removed ! So after last nights discovery of cracks forming around the spot welds forming the subframe mounting points I took the subframe out completely tonight. Pretty easy job actually, took about 2 hours or so. Ill be glad to get rid of the old subframe, as I have a nice clean 328i rear end to go in with vented disks etc, of which I'm replacing all the bushes and links with new parts. I have yet to find a LSD diff though.... whoops! Anyhow here's the damage to the mounting points, not as bad as I thought but bad enough, the Front Right and rear left have taken the biggest toll. NOT good!! Just as well I decided to stop using the car, good excuse to take it off the road too. I've jumped on to Pelican and gone parts shopping for a rear end rebuild kit. God damn it mounts up! Heres my list 15.11.13 - Update - Took the E36 down the 1/4 mile strip tonight! Sooo tonight in the E36 at the Meremere Dragway I managed to crack a best 1/4 mile time of 14.0 @ 98mph! Followed by 3 very close runs all dialling in at 14.1 @ 100mph / 99mph / 98mph! Pretty decent results for the level the car is currently at. I was hoping for low to mid 14 second times so I am pretty stoked! Next time an LSD diff and a few other tweaks will bring on the 13s easy! Did 9 runs in total, the car ran flawlessly! It was fun early on, between 5-7 pm when few people where there, I managed to get quite a few runs done between 6-7pm which was great fun. Of course it started to get busy by 8.00pm and the delays longer (30 mins between runs!) so I called it a night not long after this. Time slips everywhere! Can't wait to try it again when I've sorted out the traction (non LSD) issues and some other go fast things! ______________________________________________________ 28.10.13 - Picture Update I had some time off today (Labor day) so took the car for a drive and snapped some general pictures, no fancy stuff just with my Iphone haha. At the moment the next goals on the to do list will be to finish rebuilding the rear subframe with new components along with fitting in an LSD. When the old subframe gets removed, I will have the 4 rear reinforcement plates welded in as per stock M3s. Anyhow heres a few shots, I'm very happy with how its looking but as mentioned, IN 2014 I will see to it that the rest of the M-tec body work gets fitted! photo uploading ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 27.9.13 - Post Build Thread So it's been a month since I got the certification completed on the E36 with the 1UZ-FE V8 I custom fitted over the last 2 years bit by bit. 7,000kms in since dropping the motor in all is going well, and it's finally at a very decent level where the cars performing as it should while being reliable at the same time. I've done about 1500kms over the last few weeks which has been a long time coming having been working on it for so long, I guess the fruits of my labor are starting to pay off!! Today I took advantage of the good weather and went for a 3 hour outing to Maraetai, covering some 100kms or so, the real test was to see how well the tiptronic / shift kitted auto setup I've tweaked religiously over the last half of the year goes and it seems to be working really nicely on the open road, having all 5 gears at the flick of a retro fitted cruise control stick makes for a unique experience offering engine braking, over run noises and quick slick changes, especially fun when the road gets twisty or exiting out of corners onto straight roads. I snapped a few pictures today: There is still plenty left to improve the car beyond where it is, namely exhaust camshafts, MAF sensor replacing the old style AFM, a Link G4 ECU with a tune and the whole rear end rebuilt with M3 parts and a LSD - the lack of the LSD is the achilles heal at the moment, but I'd rather tackle it all at once rather than do it bit by bit. I would also weld in the rear subframe M3 reinforcement plates while the subframes out. Further more, he are some under hood shots, and the exhaust system I fabricated. I still have yet to paint the alloy plenum and cam covers to get a nice satin/matt alloy finish, it's been all about function over cosmetics for the most part! Here are a couple of shots of the exhaust system too. I designed and made these headers from scratch out of mild steel, they are now HPC coated. Specs are, 4-2-1 running 1.5" primaries with 4.00mm tube wall, 2.00" 'secondaries' to a 2.25" collector. After the headers where done, I made the exhaust system over Christmas & new years, it's a pretty simple but effective, 89 dBA peak in the test and IMO makes an awesome noise! 2.25" ID tube, 2.5" Magnaflow metallic high flow cats, 2.5" Mid mufflers, twin Boysen RS4 mufflers on the back. with 4x 2.5" SS Tips. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

ha ha ha

You should come along to the Dyno day for the 12th next month!

Oh my god. That is horrendous

Perhaps a Toyota Harrier would be a better, more reliable option?

Brakes and wheels look good Ben!

Put the modified valved body back in the auto gearbox. Seems to be working awesomely now! Still smooth but has clean quick changes that get faster with higher throttle levels. Exciting!

Very nice Hans, this will make for a great project. At least you were wise and got a M sport kitted model, one of my main regrets!

Hmmm, it's going to take a while to get used to it.

Some how I rather been seen in a much more tasteful looking Alfa Romeo hatch with half the power than something like such as this.

I LIKE IT

Good work David, nice to see the car posted has been bought by a member of the forum!

They are a rather cleaver design, but are just slightly too quiet, though I think removing the X pipe up front with straight tube would help change it so it's louder/more rumbly. I nearly used an E92 m3 muffler on my E36, but stuck with the RS4 ones and regrettably sold it for a loss. Might give another one a try if Hans has some old ones lying around latter on. +1 wet weather video drive by!!

Wow very nice example, well priced too. Here you go Sam or Ryan - oh wait they already bought!

Ahh most interesting I wonder if this will cause it to drone at lower RPMs though.. Have you tested it? Either way it will sound good with throttle!

Wow, that is a stunning example. Love the colour.

Sweet as, bring a few choices and I'll pay you on the night with whatever option suits best.. Unfortunately It means I'll be turning up with out a RHS front indicator!

bump, anyone else local in Auckland with some? I'm actually after a right hand side amber indicator for a coupe to be precise.

Yeah might be bad belt, or the tensioner.

Hey Guys, I'm after a pair of OEM BMW clear indicators for an E36 Also open to mint OEM amber ones, let me know what you have, with pictures. Don't want any with small cracks or broken clips etc... Any how let me know what you may have! Cheers Mike.